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Search first: the subject may already have a page under another spelling. If you are renaming an existing page, [[Help:Moving and renaming pages|move it]] rather than creating a copy.

== Choose a title and a layout ==
Enter the '''full title''', including its archive prefix, in one of the boxes below. It opens an unsaved source draft with the layout filled in. Nothing is published until you save. If that title already exists, you will edit the existing page; do not replace it with a new subject.

=== Document ===
<inputbox>
type=create
preload=Help:Preload/Document
buttonlabel=Start a document
placeholder=Solomonari:Articles/Your title
width=40
</inputbox>

=== Character ===
<inputbox>
type=create
preload=Help:Preload/Character
buttonlabel=Start a character
placeholder=Solomonari:People Of Interest/Nalkans/Your character
width=40
</inputbox>
The character layout includes the existing Character Panel. Leave fields blank when you do not know them.

=== Story ===
<inputbox>
type=create
preload=Help:Preload/Story
buttonlabel=Start a story
placeholder=Stories/Your title
width=40
</inputbox>

=== Report ===
<inputbox>
type=create
preload=Help:Preload/Report
buttonlabel=Start a report
placeholder=Solomonari:Reports/Your title
width=40
</inputbox>

=== Sermon or prayer ===
<inputbox>
type=create
preload=Help:Preload/Sermon
buttonlabel=Start a sermon or prayer
placeholder=CotRH:Sermons/Your title
width=40
</inputbox>
For a prayer, enter a title under <code>CotRH:Prayers/</code> instead. Follow the existing subfolders when adding to a series or archive.

== Put it in the right place ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Title starts with… !! Use it for
|-
| <code>Solomonari:</code> || The lore keepers' articles, people, fables and records. Match the nearby pages' folder structure.
|-
| <code>CotRH:</code> || The Church of the Red Harvest's sermons and prayers.
|-
| <code>Stories/</code> || Community story submissions. Do not use <code>Stories/Accepted/</code> to imply acceptance.
|-
| <code>User:Your name/sandbox</code> || Public practice or a personal working copy, if you have page-creation access.
|-
| <code>Gatekeep:</code> || Private drafts for members with Gatekeep access. Public layouts can be used here; private pages cannot be used as preloads.
|}
Article creation needs verified access or another role that grants it; Solomonari and CotRH also need their matching namespace access. [[Echoes of the Flesh:Access levels|Check access levels]] if the editor refuses creation.

== Finish the draft ==
# Replace the comments and example text with your writing. Keep the Draft label.
# Add sources, creator credits and one suitable topic category. Remove unused empty sections.
# Preview, write an edit summary, and publish when ready. Saving a public Draft publishes it to readers; Draft is not a privacy setting.
# Add a link from the appropriate public index when the page is ready to be found. Use its talk page or Discord for review; approval is a separate editorial decision.

Prefer another page's layout? [[Help:Reusing page layouts|Copy its source from the page tools]], then check its old names, categories and status labels before reusing it.

[[Category:Editing help]]

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